AGENDA

StoragePlus 2006 includes two parts: a conference moderated by leading analysts and an exhibition.

Meals and refreshments will be served in the exhibition center, providing attendees with ample opportunity to meet and network with leading storage suppliers one-on-one.

The two-day conference program of StoragePlus 2006 is divided into eight overall tracks:

• Information Lifecycle Management
• Virtualization
• Disaster Recovery
• Remote Site Management
• Networking
• Data Center Management & Consolidation
• Software
• End User

For a detailed description of the conference sessions please click here.

DAY 1 Setting the Stage: Storage Networking in Next-Generation Data Centers

09:00-09:15	Registration & Coffee
09:15-09:30	Introduction Terry Sweeney, Editor in Chief of Byte and Switch, sets the stage with a look at the present state of storage networking and the challenges faced by IT professionals
	ILM Track	Virtualization Track
09:30-10:00	Keynote: David H. Webster, Manager, IT Architecture & Strategy, Yahoo!
10:00-11:15	Tutorial: Tiering Up - SATA, SAS, FC, & FATA and Their Impact on Application Management Moderator: Greg Schulz, Founder & Senior Analyst, StorageIO	Tutorial: Using Virtualization to Ensure Business Continuity Moderator: Marc Staimer, President, Dragon Slayer Consulting
11:15-11:30	Break
11:30-12:15	Keynote: Mike Gustafson, President and CEO, BlueArc
12:15-02:30	Lunch & Exhibition
02:30-03:00	Case Study: Niall O'Driscoll, Vice President of Engineering, Alexa Internet
	Virtualization Track	Remote Site Management Track
03:00-04:15	Making Virtualization Real: Block- & File-Level Virtualization in Storage Networks Moderator: Marc Staimer, President, Dragon Slayer Consulting Panelists: BlueArc, Cloverleaf Communications, Nimbus Data, Q-Logic	Streamlining Remote & Distributed Data Protection & Management Moderator: Greg Schulz, Founder & Senior Analyst, StorageIO Panelists: Asigra, Brocade
04:15-06:00	Cocktails & Exhibition
06:00-06:30	Byte and Switch Big Bytes Awards Program Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served

DAY 2 Storage Plus: Linking Storage & Other Technologies to Reinvent Data Access

	Virtualization Track	Data Center Consolidation & Management Track
09:00-09:30	Registration & Coffee
09:30-10:45	Virtualization: Theory to Practice - Studies in Implementation Moderator: Robert Lerner, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading Panelists: Double-Take Software, IMEX Research, St. Jude Children's Reseach Hospital	How I Shrank My Data Center: CTO Panel on Data Center & Storage Consolidation Moderator: Terry Sweeney, Editor in Chief, Byte and Switch Panelists: Alibris, BlueArc, Legal Services for New York City
10:45-11:30	Keynote: Karen Johnson, Regulatory Compliance Officer, Ascension Health Network
11:30-01:30	Lunch & Exhibition
01:30-02:30	Business Continuity Track Beyond Disaster Recovery Moderator: Mary Jander, Site Editor, Byte and Switch Panelists: Children's Hospital Central Cal, Morris, Schneider & Prior, LLC, Sepaton
	Software Track	Networking Track
02:30-03:45	What Color Is Your Data? Managing & Classifying Stored Information Moderator: Mary Jander, Site Editor, Byte and Switch Panelists: Encana, Intel, Silicon Space	Implementing Storage Networks With Clusters, Blade Servers & More Moderator: Anil Vasudeva, Founder & President, IMEX Research Panelists: BlueArc, Isilon, Pierce County, St. Jude Children's Reseach Hospital
03:45-04:45	Plenary Roundtable Discussion: Lies My Vendor Told Me - The Myth of Consolidation Moderator: Jon William Toigo, Managing Partner, Toigo Partners International